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Proto-Altaic: *t`ujbu ( ~ -o-)
Meaning: to carve, engrave, whet
Russian meaning: гравировать, точить
Mongolian: *tobi-
Tungus-Manchu: *tujba-
Japanese: *tuà
Comments: The cluster *-jb- (in this case preserved explicitly in TM) accounts for the preservation of *-b- in Mong. and for the development *-b- > -w- (-0-) in Japanese.
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